Pakistan Institute of Development Economics

Research, Teaching & Res. Management Experience:  

• Chief of Research (BPS 20), Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad – joined 2/10/2009
• Member (BPS 21), Social Sciences, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Islamabad – 2/10/2006 to.
• Chief of Research (BPS 20), Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad – 19/7/2003 to 2/10/2006.
• Senior Research Economist (BPS 19), Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad – 2/2/1999 to 18/7/2003.
• Visiting Consultant, College of Agriculture, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, January-May, 2002.
• Visiting Scholar at the University of New England, Armidale Australia - April to October 1996.
• Assistant Professor (BPS 18) of Agricultural Economics, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan – February 1995 to July 1999.
• Lecturer (BPS 17) of Agricultural Economics, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan - April 1985 to Feb. 1995
• Associate Staff Economist (BPS 16) Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad –  July 1984 to April 1985
• MCO (Mobile Credit Officer) Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan – April 1984 to July 1984

Research Management &  General Administration:

• Member, Social Sciences PARC, Islamabad. Duties Included Research Management and General Administration of the PARC System – 3 Years
• Head of Rural Finance and Development Sec. of PIDE – 5 Years
• Head of Agriculture Division of PIDE – 4 Years
• Head of Training and Project Evaluation Division PIDE – 2 Years
• Student Advisor of the PIDE Ph.D. Programme – 7 Years

• Subtitucion De Factors De Produccion en Explotaciones Lecheras: Una Comparacion Entre las Elasticidades Tipo Allen Y Morishima". Investigacion Agraria Economia 8(1993): 349-361. (Spain)
• Factor Substitution in Dairy Farming: A comparison of Allen and Morishima Elasticities. Selected paper presented 1993 AAEA/CAEA Annual Meetings, August 1-4, 1993, Orlando, Florida. Abstract Published in American Journal of Agricultural Economics 75 (1993): 1314-1315.
• Time Varying Technical Efficiency Measures of US Dairy Farms. Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences Vol. 32, 1995: 116-120.
• Sericulture as Cottage Industry: A Socio-Economic Evaluation. Pakistan Entomologist 17(1995).
• An Econometric Decomposition of Dairy Output Growth. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. Vol. 77, No. 4. 1995: 915-921.
• Dairy Farm Technical Efficiency Measures Using Panel Data: A Comparison of Alternative Model Specifications. Journal Productivity Analysis, Vol 7, 1996: 399-415.
• Economics of Plant Protection: The Case of Cotton. Pakistan Entomologist, Vol.18 1996: 98-101.
• Farmers’ Perceptions of Using RRA Methodology. Journal of Rural Development and Administration, Vol 28, 1996: 145-152.
• A Probit Analysis of the Incidence of the Cotton Leaf Curl Virus in Punjab, Pakistan”. The Pakistan Development Review, Vol. 36, No. 2, 1997:155-165.
• Restoration of Soil Health for Achieving Sustainable Growth in Agriculture. The Pakistan Development Review, Vol. 37, No. 4, 1998: 997-1015.
• An Analysis of the Sources of Wheat Output Growth in the Barani Area of the Punjab. The Pakistan Development Review, Vol. 37, No. 3, 1998: 231-249.
• Recent Evidence on Farm Size and Productivity Relationship: Implications for Public Policy. The Pakistan Development Review, Vol. 38, No. 4, 1999.
• An Analysis of Technical Efficiency of Rice Farmers in Pakistani Punjab”. The Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. XXII, NO2, 1999: 79-86.
• Production Structure and Technical Efficiency Analysis of Sericulture Farms in Pakistani Punjab, Asian-Pacific Journal of Rural Development, Vol IX, No 2, 1999: 15-31.
• Livestock Production Potential in Pakistan. The Pakistan Development Review, Vol. 38, No. 4, 1999.
• Growth of Livestock Production in Pakistan: An Analysis. The Pakistan Development Review, Vol. 38, No. 4, 1999.
• Some Non-Price Explanatory Variables in Fertilizer Demand: The Case of Irrigated Pakistan.  The Pakistan Development Review, Vol. 39, No. 4, 2000: 477-486.
• An Analysis of Cotton Leaf Curl Virus Disease in Pakistan’s Punjab”. Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2001: 1-16
• Poverty Across Agro-ecological Zones in Rural Pakistan. In Irrigation Against Rural Poverty: An Overview of Issues and Pro-Poor Intervention Strategies in Irrigation Agriculture in Asia. Edited by Intizar Hussain and Eric Biltonen. International Water Management Institute Colombo, Sri Lanka, and Asian Development Bank, 2001.
• Determinants of Higher Wheat Productivity in Irrigated Pakistan. The Pakistan Development Review, Vol. 40, No. 4, 2001:755-766.
• Agricultural Productivity Growth Differentials in Punjab, Pakistan: A District Level Analysis. The Pakistan Development Review, Vol. 40 No 1, 2001. 1:1-25.
• Wheat Productivity, Efficiency and Sustainability: A Stochastic Production Frontier Analysis. The Pakistan Development Review. Vol. 41, No 4, 2002.
• Adoption of Recommended Varieties: A Farm Level Analysis of Wheat Growers in Irrigated Punjab. The Pakistan Development Review. Vol. 41, No1, 2002: 29-48
• Agricultural Marketing and International Trade. In Human Development in South Asia 2002: Agriculture and Rural Development. Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre, Islamabad.
• Agricultural Productivity and Rural Poverty in Irrigated Pakistan: A Stochastic Production Frontier Analysis. The Pakistan Development Review, Vol. 42, No. 3, 2003.
• Impact of Institutional Credit on Agricultural Production in Pakistan.  The Pakistan Development Review. Vol. 42, No 4, 2003.
• Natural Resource Conservation, Poverty Alleviation, and Farmer Partnership. The Pakistan Development Review, Vol. 46, No. 4, 2007.
• Livestock Farming in Cholistan Desert of Pakistan: Setting the Development Strategies. Annals of Arid Zone 46(2): 111-132, 2007
• Feeding Growing Population: Prospects and Challenges (Publication of Proceedings in Progress)

Books & Chapters:

• Economics of Livestock Production and Management. Faisalabad: Agricultural Social Science Research Centre, University of Agriculture, 1996.
• Agricultural Finance. Institute of Bankers Karachi, 2002.
• Food Safety Standards for Better Export of Fruits and Vegetables Production.  Chronicle of the International Workshop. Social Sciences Division, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, 2008
• Agriculture and Rural Development in Islamic World.  Chapter-14 in (Ed) Islamic Encyclopedia, Volume IV (Organisation, Structure and Policy Framework) published by Maghreb Centre for Islamic Studies (London) and the Islamic Foundation (Markfield, Leicester), Chief Editors: Prof. Abdelhamid Brahimi and Prof. Khurshid Ahmad (processed)
• Food Safety Standards for Better Export of Fruits and Vegetables Production: A Synthesis”, in (Eds.), “Food Safety Standards for Better Export of Fruits and Vegetables Production”, Chronicle of the International Workshop, 2008.

Working Papers & Other Manuscripts:

• An Econometric Analysis of Output Growth Using Panel Data: The case of Vermont Dairy Farms. Ph.D Dissertation, Department of Agri. and Resource Economics, University of Connecticut, USA, 1994.
• Rural Appraisal of Pilot Area Real Life (PARL) Project. A Manuscript, Department of Farm Management, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Pakistan), 1995
• Farm Management Analysis of Rice Production in the Rice Based Farming System of Punjab. A Manuscript, Agricultural Social   Science Research Centre and Department of Farm Management, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 1996.
• Factors Contributing Towards Aversion of Virus Attack on Cotton Crop in the Punjab. A Manuscript, Agricultural. Social Science Research Centre, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 1996.
• A Probit Analysis of the Incidence of the Cotton Leaf Curl Virus in Punjab, Pakistan. A Working Paper in Econometrics and Applied Statistics, Department of Econometrics, University of New England, Armidale, Australia, 1996.
• Cost and Impact Analysis of Water and Environmental Sanitation in Pakistan. PIDE and UNICEF (2002)
• Agricultural Product Markets in Pakistan. A Background Paper Prepared for ‘Rural Factor Markets’ Project of the World Bank, 2003
• Agricultural Production and Rural Poverty in Pakistan: A Quantitative Analysis. Paper Presented at the 6th Annual Conference of SANEI on 26-27th of August 2004, New Delhi.
• Impact of Domestic Policies towards Agricultural Trade Liberalization and Market Reform on Food Security in Pakistan.  International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington D.C., USA. (Report Submitted-2005).
• Impact Evaluation of Special Programme for Food Security in Pakistan. Draft Report Submitted to FAO (2006).
• Efficiency and Sustainability of Microfinance Institutions in South Asian Countries. Report Submitted to SANEI in 2007.
• Agflation and Food Security: Stimuli, Causes, Linkages and Implications for Pakistan”. Working Paper, Social Sciences Division, PARC (2009)
• Country Position Paper for SAARC Regional Program and Strategy on Food Security, SSD, PARC, Islamabad (2008). (Under process as Working Paper at SSD, PARC.

Internationally Funded Project Completed:

• Impact Evaluation of Special Programme for Food Security in Pakistan. Sponsored by FAO.
• Basic Training on Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Modeling in Pakistan. Sponsored by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington D.C., USA.
• Impact of Domestic Policies towards Agricultural Trade Liberalization and Market Reform on Food Security in Pakistan. Sponsored by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington D.C., USA.
• Agricultural Production and Rural Poverty in Pakistan: A Quantitative Analysis. South Asian Network of Economic Research Institutes (SENEI).
• Agricultural Product Markets in Pakistan. A Background Paper Prepared for ‘Rural Factor Markets’. World Bank.
• Microfinancing in South Asia: Supply Side Dynamics. South Asian Network of Economic Research Institutes (SENEI).